I know them since their Sahara album. Loved them ever since. But don't expect their previous releases to sound like Mabool (pouring rain). It is more death metal with oriental flavours. Mabool is an excellent release and it has received accolades worldwide as one of the best metal albums of that year. The band itself has been through a lot during the 7 year disbanded status between their previous album and this one (one member became religious, Vocalist Kobi Farchi was in India on a spiritual search and drug education and another one Yossi Sasi became a software engineer for Microsoft, got married and has a little girl). Mabool is quite different from El-Nora Alila and Sahara, but they are nonetheless good albums. I recommend to get the version of Mabool that has the extra cd with the acoustic version containing 5 songs. Excellent show and interpretation of the songs (among them a medley of several of their songs and a remake to two Paradise lost songs brought into one song - Mercy and Gothic).

I discovered Orphaned Land via 'Prog Lucky's' collaborators section. I
found great similarities between his and mine musical taste.

'Mabool' is the only album I have and cannot be easy classified.
Although listed as Prog Metal, it's more a blend of Prog Folk, Prog
Metal and Symphonic. It's a sort of progressic rock opera with loner
and shorter songs. Songs in Hebrew and English, fine male / female
sections, than rough voices without annoying growling. 'Western style
music combined with Middle-East sounds.

Therion comes most close I think. But 'Mabool' is one of my all-time favourites.

Thanks Prog Lucky for your tip. Where else can we find music like this than on Prog Archives ?

So many prog metal bands sound like they are all imitating Symphony X and Dream Theater that itīs great to see a band like Orphaned Land that sounds original and fresh. I donīt know why but bands like POS and Tool just donīt do it for me. Itīs strange because those are 2 bands that most people think are fantastic (Maybe I must listen to a bit more)

If you havenīt heard Orphaned Land yet, they have 5 mp3īs to download on their site

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